Malacocottus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Psychrolutidae |
| Genus: | Malacocottus T. H. Bean, 1890 |
| Type species | |
| Malacocottus zonurus T. H. Bean 1890[1]
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Malacocottus is a genus of fatheads native to the northern Pacific Ocean. Malacocottus are typically occupied in the benthic zone near the bottom of the northern Pacific Ocean.[2]
Species[edit]
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Malacocottus aleuticus (Smith,1904)
- Malacocottus gibber Ki. Sakamoto, 1930
- Malacocottus kincaidi C. H. Gilbert & J. C. Thompson, 1905 (Blackfin sculpin)
- Malacocottus zonurus T. H. Bean, 1890 (Darkfin sculpin)
FishBase recognizes 4 species in this genus but other authorities treat M. aleuticus as a synonym of M. zonurus.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Psychrolutidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ Stevenson, Duane E. (March 2015). "The Validity of Nominal Species of Malacocottus (Teleostei: Cottiformes: Psychrolutidae) Known from the Eastern North Pacific with a Key to the Species". Copeia. 103 (1): 22–33. doi:10.1643/CI-14-074. S2CID 85952531. ProQuest 1675191904.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of Malacocottus in FishBase. February 2023 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Malacocottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
Further reading[edit]
- Glubokov, A. I.; Glubokovskii, M. K.; Kovacheva, N. P. (1 May 2019). "New Data on Soft Sculpin Malacocottus zonurus (Psychrolutidae) from the Northwestern Bering Sea". Journal of Ichthyology. 59 (3): 435–438. doi:10.1134/S0032945219030056. S2CID 195773916.
- Balanov, A. A.; Panchenko, V. V.; Sheiko, B. A. (1 April 2022). "On the Species Composition of Sculpins of the Genus Malacocottus (Psychrolutidae) in the Sea of Japan". Russian Journal of Marine Biology. 48 (2): 108–112. doi:10.1134/S106307402202002X. S2CID 248842889.
- Kai, Yoshiaki (2022). "Fish Diversity of Subarctic Waters in Japan". Fish Diversity of Japan. pp. 111–124. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-7427-3_7. ISBN 978-981-16-7426-6. S2CID 246170012.
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